How are different brain stimulations involved with human behaviors--and how can observing a zombie help us understand the brain? In the second part of the Diagnosing Zombies series, two scientists continue to ponder the erratic behaviors...

How does natural language processing and computer vision applied to robots differ from the standard tasks they do in other areas?<br/>
Understanding Human Psychology Through Robots with Prof. Angelo Cangelosi, Part 2

Adults who played Pokémon video games extensively as children have a brain region that responds preferentially to images of Pikachu and other characters from the series. The findings, published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, help...

This video showcases the pioneering research being conducted at California's Institute of Technology, where high-resolution brain scanning data is used to explore the mysteries of decision making. By monitoring brain activity and blood...

Science Kids Climate Change Causing Insect Relocation

This video explores the crucial connection between insect populations and climate change, highlighting how changes in insect behavior can reveal important insights into the...

Edward L. Deci is professor of psychology and Gowen Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of Rochester, where he is a member of the Human Motivation Program in the Department of Psychology. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology...

Narwhals react to stress differently from many other animals, and that may increase the danger they face from human contact. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Subscribe About National...

Wael Ghonim helped touch off the Arab Spring in his home of egypt ... by setting up a simple Facebook page. As he reveals, once the revolution spilled onto the streets, it turned from hopeful to messy, then ugly and heartbreaking. And...

When we experience anxiety, our sympathetic nervous system is activated and initiates the fight-or-flight response. This response is a host of physiological changes that prepare us to either fight or flee. One of the effects of the...

When we experience anxiety, our sympathetic nervous system is activated and initiates the fight-or-flight response. This response is a host of physiological changes that prepare us to either fight or flee. One of the effects of the...

How 'free' are you? Professor Patrick Haggard explains the differences between determinism and free will and we look at behavioural, psychic and neurological determinism. We then reconstruct Libet's seminal experiment showing that brain...

"Priming" is the idea that the words you read can change the way you act. And yes, there are papers that show an effect: but we also need to talk about the Replication Crisis. MORE LANGUAGE